Tweet The technology world lost one of its most influential members ever on Wednesday with the passing of Steve Jobs. His fans, customers, competitors and friends alike have been expressing their grief over his death. Here’s a collection of remembrances and quotes from peers and friends in the place he grew up and later became an icon, Silicon Valley: Bill Gates, Microsoft founder: I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve…

Tweet Steve Jobs has passed away, and it’s impossible to fully express what he’s meant to all of us personally here at TheAppleBlog and GigaOM, and to the world as a whole. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. We’d like to ask you, our readers, to share with us and the community here what Steve Jobs and the company that he built has meant to you. It could be…

Tweet Even though AT&T gets a lot of flack for its previous iPhone service, the new iPhone 4S should in theory have faster online performance than the Verizon and Sprint versions. Read more… Neowin.net

Tweet Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy has a new venture, but surprisingly enough it’s not about building big hardware or enterprise software. It’s a new social startup called WayIn that’s focused on building a community of users that can vote and comment on pretty much anything. WayIn launched with a consumer-facing website and mobile applications with a super-simple login process, and the ability to create and vote on polls, follow…